Profiles in "Indigenous Sustainability" Expertise Area

  • Shea serves as the Director of Staff Operations for the Downtown community in Barrett, The Honors College. He has dedicated his career to motivating students through sustainability education, holistic wellness exploration, and social justice initiatives.
  • Sara El-Sayed leads the Swette Center's collaborations with Arizona producers and stakeholders to advance organic agriculture and cultivate a stronger local food system.
  • Melissa K. Nelson (Anishinaabe) is a Global Futures Professor of Indigenous Conservation & Sustainability at Arizona State University and Professor Emerita of American Indian Studies at San Francisco State University.
  • Shaffer focuses on how stakeholders and rights holders in complex Arctic social-ecological systems engage in collective decision-making and resource stewardship in the face of rapid changes spurred by climate change.
  • PhD, Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology (ASU School for the Future of Innovation in Society; Indigenous Education Specialist, Labriola, National American Indian Data Center